Here’s why I hate to click on science stories that look like they’re going to have amazingly interesting information: I end up feeling like I’m on Double Jeopardy in my bathrobe:

Second of Its Kind ‘Sharpshooter’ Leafhopper From Brazil ‘Strikes’ With Its Colouration

All right! Tell me about this ‘Sharpshooter,’ British-spelling guy!! Also tell me about these strikes. They sound cool.

When, in 2014, Brazilian researchers stumbled across a never-before-seen red-eyed leafhopper

What’s a leafhopper?

feeding inside the rosettes of bromeliads,

What are bromeliads?

growing in the restingas

What are restingas?

of southeastern Brazil, they were certain it was a one-of-a-kind discovery. Described as new-to-science species, as well as genus (Cavichiana bromelicola) and added to the sharpshooter tribe Cicadellini,

C’mon! What are sharpshooters?

it became the first known case of a leafhopper feeding on otherwise nutrition-poor bromeliads in their natural habitat.

Well, that’s just, like, your opinion, man.

— Phys.org / Jan. 28, 2020 / Pensoft Publishers

“Pensoft”?

Now I have to Google Sigmund Freud.